Daily Republican., 1887-09-02
TIE LEAT,

ny POCKET book has . chronic bah
Oh leaking. Look At II, dsusb ter. An
note ITS fabby, detected Condition. An
} yet tne next pay day will NOT come n
noeriy half month yet"
cioyl Leonard glanced up at the tbi
Dag dangling from her fathers anger
and laughed lightly. "An elspssn
; might have stepped on IT," said shs
father" W sssin
Ooly 70 20 again in the same m mvs
t1riouc fashion, "peraistsd Mr.. Leonard
really cannot sec into It. Nv saInrv
10 fsif and promptly paid. Joe Eulton
us quit MIN house ON the same
aon smoke. and OF course l dom,
IofIns, out ! Am always out; never q
rive hungry children, destitute OF
olosnes except for that pock et- book
papa. returned Bibyl, still lightly.
But Mr.. Leonard shook his head. "It
ought 70 do that and more. We don't
axe . single paper regularly, we have
M DOCKS 70 speak OF and We never
travel any" 0'
That last sobored Sibyl at once; for
Wa Is not her one longing and desire 10
soc something beside this great oity In
which she had been born, and ont OF
which she had scarcely gone for . day
In her life. How often bad she fallen
asleep With visions OF tree .sh AIDED
country homes In her busy brain, 10
wakeA dissusted to the reality OF their
narrow. crowded tenement, In . dusty.
third rate street. the clatter and roll OF
the watercart instead of murmurina
brooks, ana the milkmau's ring and
call In place OF the song Of birds,
He could have sid nothing more Of.
fectual 70 set her thinking when alone.
this cleareyed, sensible looking girl OF
IL. Some Of the thrift" Of Scotch an.
oestry was rousing up In her Her
fathers word leak" persisted in being
suggestive one; and leaks we're always
useless. calling for . remedy ct ce.
They were not poor, this Lsenar fsmf-
~. The head Of 1t, counting BY years,
. good salesman" with fair salary; bis
wife, an energetic housekeep able to
keep their Ave children 10 the public
schools, where 6ibyl was now In the
third, and Ralph In the ffst year OF the
high school. 5ibyl was fitting for q
teacher. and Ralph after one year more
Was to learn business, and had already
begun In o small way as deliverer of
bundles for corner grocery near, ,out OF
school hours.
They always planned for good tlme o.
that WAS part of the family croed.
What WA tbe "uss OF livin2' other.
wise? Only, this last year, . little
cloud. tho "siEe of o mans hand"
dArkened the family horizon ct timer,
Mr.. Leonard complained . little of
"bAd feelings" sometimes could not
eat much, lost sleep and coughsd once
10 while. Then Mrs. Leonard looked
sober, talked about Aunt Fanny who
died young "in Decline" and Mr..
Leonard gave attention, as he had this
morning, TO his pocket book.
Father isn't feeling WE'LL" said his
daughter. now.
Nothing but driving himself to
death, like all the rest OF them," the
old doctor had said on being consulted.
"5ae here, man, Give up your counter
and tapes for few weeks; 20 out In the
country and fish aud swing In O ham.
mock and III warrant you = quicker
cure than all my drugs can give, and a
longer life thai any insurance o. In pany
will book you for, Dow,"
"Dr Gray must be getting 10 his
dotage," Mr. Leonard said q, home 70
his wife. ''Does he take me for q mil.
lionaire? or think clerks can swing
around like railroad presidents cr Boss
Knights2"
~ wish you could, though" his wife
wishfuliy, for he looked pale
and thin. You will have most two
weeks now," for IL was his vacation,
couldn't you run off for just listle
whil,?"
"sless me. Mary, mol couldn't think
OF It But will tell you what we will
DO. There's an excursion Down the
bay tomorrow to Grand Beach; round
trip only one dollar, and three hours
on the beach You and 1 will; take
that together. Il won't be much, aod
It's An age since we've had q real play.
day"
"splendidl" Mrs. Leonard nsuented.
land l will work my best today to
hptsh my new pongee suit, and people
will think you have Q blooming bride
At your side" and with q merry laugh
the wife Of twenty years hsstensd to
her task.
They we're of early the next morn.
Ing, and, somehow, the blithe summer
air, the lovely sail over sun.kissed
waves, seemed to drive dull and sordid
,ares out Of mind, and they were young
again, and the world full Of promise. |
and prisss we're fair and Just within
'eaob; 80 1t was only natural as they
oined the we'll dressed throng OF plea
'ure seekers on the beach. and felt the |
'ea-breeze appetite, that Mr.. Leonard
'hould say:
Nov. Mary. for once let's have o
Iood dinner, no matter what 1t costs. |
cts play We are rioh, tvo. and 20 to /
he Brighton. TIA my vacation, you
tnow. and am not going to the noun
aims, so we can afford something
They seemed . part Of that life rs
hoy went 10 the wide doors OF the great
un mer palace He WAS refined, gen.
lemsnly man, and she had not loat the
'loom OF her oomely m msidenhood. A
,crtly, pussy man, who might have
'een . wealthy philanthropiss, or .
're~ yer, sat next. and they talked Of
tocks and the money market In learned
sshion. and Mr. Lsonard still seenef
! part of It ell. He felt the same when
ls paid his bill, four dollars for the
NO; then two more for tickets; and
dree slipped away on candies, their
lemonade and the lookout
over, Punch and Judy shows and
aDaness fans, all part OF the Beach
fetings. Nine dollars it counted up
q all, but then 1t was "onIy for once I"
At home, however, they were no en-
husias tic that Rob and Arthur set mp
lain and begged 90 hard, lust for
NOE" that, for peaoe's sake, Mr..
finally took them for day iu
mother direction. That "Only cost half
q much" he gleefully stated.
6ibyl heard at tbs time. hat IL had
een part Of her whole life. and m ade Q
o deep impression, until this morning
1hen her fathers remarks and the lean
urse opened her eyes. She began to
hink and grow wise. One day she